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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

April 13, 202026 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this freeze warning at Apr 13, 2020, 3:30 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2020, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2020, 9:03 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties

Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Apr 12, 5:24 PM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 5:24 PM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.